Afternoon peeps, i have a medical coming up at the end of July and was thinking about my eyetest, i wear glasses and am due an eyetest anyway so am I best to wait till I do the medical or just go get one as anyone normally would. Can’t remember the specifics of needing optician to sign off on medical as well. I’ve always previously has good enough eyesight to pass without any problem and just curious now to this now…this time round.
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Lorry and bus drivers
You must have a visual acuity at least 0.8 (6/7.5) measured on the Snellen scale in your best eye and at least 0.1 (6/60) on the Snellen scale in the other eye.
You can reach this standard using glasses with a corrective power not more than (+) 8 dioptres, or with contact lenses. There’s no specific limit for the corrective power of contact lenses.
You must have a horizontal visual field of at least 160 degrees, the extension should be at least 70 degrees left and right and 30 degrees up and down. No defects should be present within a radius of the central 30 degrees.
You must tell DVLA if you’ve got any problem with your eyesight that affects either eye.
You may still be able to renew your lorry or bus licence if you can’t meet these standards but held your licence before 1 January 1997.
Above from gov.uk/driving-eyesight-rules
Some or many doctors will not be able to certify that. Suggest you take medical renewal form when you go for your visit to the optician. Two birds with one stone, and no extra charges. Worked for me.
Was wondering whether to wait and take firm with me, the very thing i was looking to clarify…thanks !!
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Some reason a lot of GP’s won’t/can’t do the eyesight test. Opticians usually charge £5 for filling out the eye test page.